The Trial of Peter Zenger

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Contents

[Preface] iii [Foreword by H. V. Kaltenborn] v [Part One. Introduction] 1 [1. The Causes of the Trial] 3 [i. Peter Zenger] 3 [ii. A Colonial Feud] 5 [iii. Governor Cosby] 8 [iv. The Governor and His Enemies] 10 [v. The Administration Newspaper] 16 [vi. An Opposition Newspaper] 22 [vii. Freedom of the Press] 30 [viii. A Newspaper War] 32 [ix. Zenger Goes to Jail] 35 [x. Van Dam’s Indictment of the Governor] 40 [xi. Morris on the London Front] 44 [xii. Cosby’s Defeat] 47 [xiii. Andrew Hamilton] 49 [2. The Meaning of the Trial] 52 [3. The Text] 68 [Part Two. The Trial] 77 [1. Dramatis Personae] 79 [2. Preliminaries] 80 [3. Pleading] 93 [4. Aftermath] 133 [Appendix I: The New York Weekly Journal Covers an Election] 135 [Appendix II: Zenger’s Lawyers on the Behavior of His Judges] 139 [Appendix III: James Alexander on Freedom of the Press] 141 [Notes to the Introduction] 144 [Notes to the Text] 145 [Suggestions for Further Reading] 147 [Index] 151